Activists in Bangladesh have welcomed the first ever Islamic funeral for a sex worker, breaking a long-standing taboo in the Muslim majority nation.
Hamida Begum, who worked at one of the world's largest brothels in the village of Daulatdia, died of illness last week at the age of 65.
A number of people gathered at her grave to witness the historic moment.
Sex work is legal in Bangladesh, but Islamic leaders have previously refused to perform funeral prayers for workers.
Instead, sex workers who die are usually buried in unmarked graves, without formal prayers, or dumped in rivers. [BBC] Read more
